You hold me always,
allowing me to be a child.
Allowing me to be alive, playful,
stilled, quieted.
Allowing me to rest,
knowing in your arms
all is well.

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“Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them
for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive
the kingdom of God
like a little child will never enter it.”
And he took the children in his arms,
put his hands on them and blessed them.
Mark 10: 14-16